# Brooke (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/brooke/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /bɹʊk/, 1 syllable |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Brook |
| US babies named this | 200,521 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 2,030 / 198,491 (99% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 18,666, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

A topographic surname for someone who lived near a brook.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 3,372 | 86 |
| 2012 | 2,976 | 102 |
| 2013 | 2,754 | 115 |
| 2014 | 2,392 | 139 |
| 2015 | 2,150 | 150 |
| 2016 | 1,871 | 173 |
| 2017 | 1,619 | 193 |
| 2018 | 1,527 | 201 |
| 2019 | 1,441 | 211 |
| 2020 | 1,262 | 236 |
| 2021 | 1,186 | 262 |
| 2022 | 1,181 | 270 |
| 2023 | 1,033 | 299 |
| 2024 | 999 | 308 |
| 2025 | 972 | 313 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 14 | 4,793 |
| 2000 | 13 | 5,328 |
| 2001 | 9 | 7,005 |
| 2002 | 8 | 7,741 |
| 2003 | 10 | 6,794 |
| 2004 | 22 | 4,028 |
| 2005 | 12 | 6,280 |
| 2006 | 9 | 8,090 |
| 2007 | 19 | 4,832 |
| 2008 | 9 | 8,409 |
| 2010 | 6 | 10,960 |
| 2014 | 6 | 10,920 |
| 2017 | 7 | 9,852 |
| 2018 | 6 | 10,986 |
| 2019 | 5 | 12,442 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 1,216 | 50 |
| 2012 | 1,026 | 59 |
| 2013 | 856 | 67 |
| 2014 | 703 | 75 |
| 2015 | 537 | 107 |
| 2016 | 557 | 102 |
| 2017 | 467 | 117 |
| 2018 | 368 | 141 |
| 2019 | 316 | 159 |
| 2020 | 260 | 190 |
| 2021 | 207 | 242 |
| 2022 | 188 | 253 |
| 2023 | 147 | 297 |
| 2024 | 138 | 313 |
| 2025 | 121 | 353 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 15 | 1,132 |
| 2004 | 22 | 938 |
| 2005 | 16 | 1,246 |
| 2006 | 9 | 1,892 |
| 2007 | 9 | 2,023 |
| 2008 | 13 | 1,596 |
| 2009 | 8 | 2,318 |
| 2010 | 3 | 4,678 |
| 2011 | 3 | 4,647 |
| 2012 | 5 | 3,416 |
| 2013 | 4 | 3,822 |
| 2014 | 3 | 4,632 |
| 2017 | 3 | 4,812 |
| 2019 | 3 | 4,702 |
| 2020 | 3 | 4,608 |

## In other languages

- Russian: Брук

## People named Brooke

- Brooke Adams, American actress
- Ally Brooke, American singer
- Brooke Burns, American fashion model and game show host (born 1978)
- Brooke Hogan, American singer and television personality
- Brooke Smith, American actress
- Brooke Bennett, American swimmer
- Brooke Nevin, Canadian actress (born 1982)
- Brooke Burke, American television personality, fitness personality, author, actress, and businesswoman
- Brooke Candy, Ecuatorian-American rapper singer and model
- Brooke Langton, American actress
- Brooke Rollins, American attorney and politician
- Brooke Andersen, American female throwing athlete

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.